elaboration

CEFRC1

/ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The addition of more details or explanation.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.

Examples

  • Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.

  • This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings
  1. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order

  2. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

  3. The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.

More examples

In context
  • the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues

  • the elaboration of food into chyme

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The professor requested further blank on the theory to clarify its complex aspects.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle French élaboration. Morphologically elaborate + -ion.